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{{Note|The main [[Openbox]] article has information on installing Openbox, but this additional section details specific lightweight applications you may want to deploy after installing Openbox.}}

{{Note|The main [[Openbox]] article has information on installing Openbox, but this additional section details specific lightweight applications you may want to deploy after installing Openbox.}}

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For a more complete choice of applications available on Arch, look at the list of [[Common Applications|common applications]]. You can also look at the [http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Contents#Cool_programs_to_run_with_Openbox list] recommended on the official Openbox website, although most overlap with the following suggestions.

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For a more complete choice of applications available on Arch, look at the [[List of Applications]]. You can also look at the [http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Contents#Cool_programs_to_run_with_Openbox list] recommended on the Openbox wiki, although most overlap with the following suggestions.

{{Note|Xcompmgr is no longer developed, so any issues are unlikely to be fixed. Various forks are available in the [[AUR]] that fix some of the more pressing problems: {{AUR|xcompmgr-dana}}, {{AUR|xcompmgr_tint2-git}} (provides real transparency for [[Tint2]]) and {{AUR|compton-git}} (some shadows and transparency fixes).}}

* {{App|[[gmrun]]|A lightweight GTK based application launcher, with ability to run programs inside a terminal and other handy features. To enable {{Keypress|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

* {{App|[[gmrun]]|A lightweight GTK based application launcher, with ability to run programs inside a terminal and other handy features. To enable {{ic|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

<keybind key="A-F2">

<keybind key="A-F2">

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|http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmrun/|{{Pkg|gmrun}}}}

|http://sourceforge.net/projects/gmrun/|{{Pkg|gmrun}}}}

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* {{App|[[dmenu]]|A fast and lightweight dynamic menu for X, which is also useful as an application launcher. To enable {{Keypress|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

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* {{App|[[dmenu]]|A fast and lightweight dynamic menu for X, which is also useful as an application launcher. To enable {{ic|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

<keybind key="A-F2">

<keybind key="A-F2">

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</nowiki>}}|http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/|{{Pkg|dmenu}}}}

</nowiki>}}|http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/|{{Pkg|dmenu}}}}

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* {{App|Bashrun2|Provides a different, barebones approach to a run dialog, using a specialized Bash session within a small xterm window. To enable {{Keypress|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

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* {{App|Bashrun2|Provides a different, barebones approach to a run dialog, using a specialized Bash session within a small xterm window. To enable {{ic|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

<keybind key="A-F2">

<keybind key="A-F2">

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</nowiki>}}|https://code.google.com/p/bashrun2/|{{AUR|bashrun2}}}}

</nowiki>}}|https://code.google.com/p/bashrun2/|{{AUR|bashrun2}}}}

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* {{App|Kupfer|A launcher inspired by [[Wikipedia:Quicksilver (software)|Quicksilver]], written in Python. To enable {{Keypress|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

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* {{App|Kupfer|A launcher inspired by [[Wikipedia:Quicksilver (software)|Quicksilver]], written in Python. To enable {{ic|Alt+F2}} functionality add the following to the ''<keyboard>'' section:

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

{{hc|~/.config/openbox/rc.xml|<nowiki>

<keybind key="A-F2">

<keybind key="A-F2">

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</nowiki>}}|http://engla.github.com/kupfer/|{{AUR|kupfer}}}}

</nowiki>}}|http://engla.github.com/kupfer/|{{AUR|kupfer}}}}

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* {{App|[[Wikipedia:launchy|Launchy]]|A less minimalistic approach; it is skinnable and offers more functionality such as a calculator, checking the weather, etc. It is launched with the {{Keypress|Ctrl+Space}} key combination.|http://www.launchy.net/|{{Pkg|launchy}}}}

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* {{App|[[Wikipedia:launchy|Launchy]]|A less minimalistic approach; it is skinnable and offers more functionality such as a calculator, checking the weather, etc. It is launched with the {{ic|Ctrl+Space}} key combination.|http://www.launchy.net/|{{Pkg|launchy}}}}

* {{App|LXPanel|A lightweight X11 desktop panel and part of the LXDE DE. The run dialog can be executed with:

* {{App|LXPanel|A lightweight X11 desktop panel and part of the LXDE DE. The run dialog can be executed with:

You may wish to install a [[Clipboard|clipboard manager]] for a richer copy/paste experience. The following are the more lightweight options:

You may wish to install a [[Clipboard|clipboard manager]] for a richer copy/paste experience. The following are the more lightweight options:

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* {{App|GVolWheel|An audio mixer which lets you control the volume through a tray icon.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/gvolwheel/|{{AUR|gvolwheel}}}}

* {{App|GVolWheel|An audio mixer which lets you control the volume through a tray icon.|http://sourceforge.net/projects/gvolwheel/|{{AUR|gvolwheel}}}}

* {{App|GVTray|A master volume mixer for the system tray.|http://code.google.com/p/gtk-tray-utils/|{{AUR|gvtray}}}}

* {{App|GVTray|A master volume mixer for the system tray.|http://code.google.com/p/gtk-tray-utils/|{{AUR|gvtray}}}}

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* {{App|Obmixer|A GTK mixer applet for Openbox that runs in the system tray. It is lightweight and works with both pulseaudio and alsa, has mute/umute feature which remembers your previous volume.|http://jpegserv.com/obmixer/|{{AUR|obmixer}}}}

* {{App|PNMixer|A fork of Obmixer. It has many new features such as ALSA channel selection, connect/disconnect detection, shortcuts, etc.|https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/wiki|{{AUR|pnmixer}}}}

* {{App|PNMixer|A fork of Obmixer. It has many new features such as ALSA channel selection, connect/disconnect detection, shortcuts, etc.|https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/wiki|{{AUR|pnmixer}}}}

* {{App|Volti|A GTK application for controlling audio volume from system tray with an internal mixer and support for multimedia keys that uses only ALSA.|http://code.google.com/p/volti/|{{AUR|volti}}}}

* {{App|Volti|A GTK application for controlling audio volume from system tray with an internal mixer and support for multimedia keys that uses only ALSA.|http://code.google.com/p/volti/|{{AUR|volti}}}}

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* {{App|VolWheel|A little application which lets you control the sound volume easily through a tray icon you can scroll on.|http://oliwer.net/b/volwheel.html|{{Pkg|volwheel}}}}

* {{App|VolWheel|A little application which lets you control the sound volume easily through a tray icon you can scroll on.|http://oliwer.net/b/volwheel.html|{{Pkg|volwheel}}}}

Downloaded themes should be extracted to ~/.themes or ~/.local/share/themes and selected from obconf or lxappearance-obconf. Theme selection can also be done manually by opening rc.xml and changing the <name> key in the <theme> section.

Creating new themes is fairly easy and well-documented. For those who prefer a GUI, obthemeAUR is a very capable editor.

Desktop wallpaper

Openbox itself does not include a way to change the wallpaper. This can be done easily with programs like Feh or Nitrogen. Other options include imagemagick, hsetroot, xsetbg and more advanced choices such as PCmanFM or Xfdesktop.

You can disable the wallpaper loading in gnome-settings-daemon like this:

Recommended programs

Note: The main Openbox article has information on installing Openbox, but this additional section details specific lightweight applications you may want to deploy after installing Openbox.

For a more complete choice of applications available on Arch, look at the List of Applications. You can also look at the list recommended on the Openbox wiki, although most overlap with the following suggestions.

Alternatively, you may use GNOME's Nautilus as your file manager. It is heavier and slower than the previous solutions, but Nautilus has many helpful features such as virtual file systems, allowing folder access via SSH, FTP, or Samba.

Application launchers

gmrun — A lightweight GTK based application launcher, with ability to run programs inside a terminal and other handy features. To enable Alt+F2 functionality add the following to the <keyboard> section:

Bashrun2 — Provides a different, barebones approach to a run dialog, using a specialized Bash session within a small xterm window. To enable Alt+F2 functionality add the following to the <keyboard> section:

Clipboard managers

You may wish to install a clipboard manager for a richer copy/paste experience. The following are the more lightweight options:

Clipman — A clipboard manager for Xfce. It keeps the clipboard contents around while it is usually lost when you close an application. It is able to handle text and images, and has a feature to execute actions on specific text selections by matching them against regular expressions.